Medically reviewed by Matthew Wosnitzer, MD Key Takeaways An eGFR below 60 ml/min indicates possible kidney disease. High creatinine levels in the blood can suggest the kidneys are not working well. A ...

Your kidneys sit below your rib cage, with one on each side of your body. These bean-shaped organs play a key role in your health. Here are some examples of the many functions kidneys play a part in: ...

Kidney disease often progresses silently, causing irreversible damage before symptoms appear. Simple tests like blood ...

Scientists are developing new ways of evaluating kidney health that don’t make potentially harmful assumptions based on the patient’s race. Quick, commonplace lab tests to screen for kidney problems ...

The revolutionary world of medical imaging continues to transform how healthcare professionals protect our most vital organs, and kidney ultrasounds stand at the forefront of this incredible ...

Kidney doctor Carmen Peralta was having a normal day at her office last year when a patient asked to see her. The man walked in holding a printed sheet of test results he’d received bearing two ...

MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny. Experts are saying the results for African-American ...

For the past twenty years the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) clinical lab test used to be the gold standard in evaluating “how efficiently a person’s kidneys remove creatinine, a waste ...

Proteomics International Laboratories Ltd (ASX: PIQ) has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed Australian clinical ...

Patients with kidney failure require dialysis regularly, which is an invasive and potentially risky treatment. But now researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have ...

Kristal Higgins just wants to be healthy, become a nurse and travel to Greece. But she has kidney failure and has been on a transplant waiting list for six years. The disease and its comorbidities ...